The IEM Katowice Round of 76 concluded with Creator, soO, GuMiho, Stats, Solar, and Lambo claiming the final six spots in the the Group Stage (RO24) of the tournament. The group stage of IEM Katowice will be played between February 28th-March 1st, with twelve players moving on to the final, playoff stage of the tournament (March 2-3).
IEM Katowice RO76 concludes, RO24 groups drawn
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The IEM Katowice Round of 76 concluded with Creator, soO, GuMiho, Stats, Solar, and Lambo claiming the final six spots in the the Group Stage (RO24) of the tournament. The group stage of IEM Katowice will be played between February 28th-March 1st, with twelve players moving on to the final, playoff stage of the tournament (March 2-3). | ||
herwo
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NinjaNight
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herwo
199 Posts
On February 27 2019 08:50 NinjaNight wrote: Isn't there more groups than just these 4? no, there are 24 players in ro24 | ||
sneakyfox
8216 Posts
Korea goes 10/12 in offline qualifiers: Glory is Regenerating (but herO goes to KeSPA jail) Only one EU Zerg makes it through qualifiers: self-declared Zerg elite left in shambles Group stage players 75% Korean, 25% foreign: correct ratio according to science - should be implemented at Blizzcon 9 Zerg, 8 Protoss, 7 Terran: balance whiners everywhere in shambles No polish player at main tournament: event security greatly increased as massive riots expected | ||
pvsnp
7676 Posts
No, that can't possibly be right. | ||
yubo56
662 Posts
On February 27 2019 08:56 sneakyfox wrote: KATOWICE QUALIFIERS HOT TAKES Korea goes 10/12 in offline qualifiers: Glory is Regenerating (but herO goes to KeSPA jail) Only one EU Zerg makes it through qualifiers: self-declared Zerg elite left in shambles Group stage players 75% Korean, 25% foreign: correct ratio according to science - should be implemented at Blizzcon 9 Zerg, 8 Protoss, 7 Terran: balance whiners everywhere in shambles No polish player at main tournament: event security greatly increased as massive riots expected Dude this is great haha, I love it | ||
Die4Ever
United States17430 Posts
On February 27 2019 08:56 sneakyfox wrote: Group stage players 75% Korean, 25% foreign: correct ratio according to science - should be implemented at Blizzcon I wish, or we could just go back to the old way with no region lock and based on points without segregation | ||
William paradise
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Cricketer12
United States13835 Posts
On February 27 2019 09:24 Die4Ever wrote: I wish, or we could just go back to the old way with no region lock and based on points without segregation When all of korea retires we can | ||
Die4Ever
United States17430 Posts
that's what it looks like | ||
geokilla
Canada8162 Posts
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Proko
United States1022 Posts
Still rooting for Neeb, Scarlett, Lambo and Special though. I'd love to see them succeed! | ||
Proko
United States1022 Posts
On February 27 2019 10:42 geokilla wrote: I was told the gap is closing. What happened? The foreigners who got in did beat some top Koreans to do it, so that's something. | ||
FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
Group C is just a blockbuster waiting to happen. So much potential with that one and not even just because Serral is in it. Gumiho just brings fun in general and there's just so much TvZ and top-tier ZvZ inc A: Zest, Stats, Patience (it's just what Patience does...) B: Maru, Dark, Neeb C: Serral, Bogus, GuMiho D: soO, TY, Scarlett | ||
MASTERCAKES
United States127 Posts
On February 27 2019 10:53 Proko wrote: Sadly, this will be a foreigner graveyard tourney, except Serral, who will move on but look human, I expect. Still rooting for Neeb, Scarlett, Lambo and Special though. I'd love to see them succeed! Did Uthermal piss in your cheerios? | ||
renaissanceMAN
United States1840 Posts
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
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Topin
Peru9937 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8773 Posts
On February 27 2019 09:45 William paradise wrote: Scarlett first place Mayyyybeee on a great day, could be last too, I wouldn't give her an edge over anyone there except Uthermal but you never now with him, every other match are killer. No reason to think Dear is worst then herO, soO is a great zvz player and the two Korean terrans are probably doable but most likely better then Special at TvZ. But group A and D are both very open I feel | ||
starkiller123
United States4029 Posts
On February 27 2019 11:25 DieuCure wrote: Except UT and Patience/Special, i dont think that the 12 from the offline qualifiers will fail to qualify I don't think Neeb will qualify either | ||
tilhorizon
Germany191 Posts
serral lambo elazer are the 3 best eu zergs serral and lambo did make it and elazer was knocked out by lambo after both of them defeated koreans so no shambles | ||
veniss
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ordeal11
Czech Republic52 Posts
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papapanda
Taiwan326 Posts
Since it is round robin, any information given in previous games will be picked up from later opponents. He has to play a minimum of 10 games of TvP; some of his builds will have to be recycled. | ||
Musicus
Germany23567 Posts
Can someone crunch the numbers on this? | ||
Proko
United States1022 Posts
No, just missed him. Jesus, sorry. | ||
Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On February 27 2019 08:56 sneakyfox wrote: KATOWICE QUALIFIERS HOT TAKES Korea goes 10/12 in offline qualifiers: Glory is Regenerating (but herO goes to KeSPA jail) Only one EU Zerg makes it through qualifiers: self-declared Zerg elite left in shambles Group stage players 75% Korean, 25% foreign: correct ratio according to science - should be implemented at Blizzcon 9 Zerg, 8 Protoss, 7 Terran: balance whiners everywhere in shambles No polish player at main tournament: event security greatly increased as massive riots expected Marvelous! Special better sharpen his TvP and he'll make it out of the group as first. The rest will be busy practicing 4-gate all-ins and stuff. | ||
Waxangel
United States32511 Posts
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KeppyKep
1 Post
The racial distribution made me burst out laughing in bewilderment | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51330 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany6140 Posts
Group A will have more cheese than all of switzerland. I guarantee it Predictions: A: No idea. Coinflip says Patience, Stats and Zest B: Maru, Dark are safe bets. I hope for Neeb as well C: Serral, Rogue and .... puh. Gumiho if they let him do his thing D: TY, soO, Scarlett | ||
Chris3
5 Posts
A: Zest, Stats, Patience B: Dark, Maru, Neeb/Trap C: Serral, Rogue and Innovation¨ D: soO, TY, Dear | ||
herwo
199 Posts
On February 27 2019 13:30 tilhorizon wrote: "Only one EU Zerg makes it through qualifiers: self-declared Zerg elite left in shambles" serral lambo elazer are the 3 best eu zergs serral and lambo did make it and elazer was knocked out by lambo after both of them defeated koreans so no shambles did reynor get kicked out of the elite after yesterday's games? | ||
wraggy1234
United Kingdom135 Posts
hoping to see something from Neeb - had a disappointing 2018 by his standards, this would be a great way to re-announce yourself. Scarlett is the obvious one, beating her0 in a reverse from gsl ro32 must give her so much confidence. Big shout out to Reynor who was so close to advancing. I've also not heard much about Goblin before but he beat TLO then took a map off both her0 and Trap who both advance so clearly one to look out for moving forward. Can't wait for tomorrow! GG | ||
gingerfluffmuff
Austria4570 Posts
On February 27 2019 18:46 wraggy1234 wrote: I'm worried for all of the foreigners not going to lie - these groups look disgusting. hoping to see something from Neeb - had a disappointing 2018 by his standards, this would be a great way to re-announce yourself. Scarlett is the obvious one, beating her0 in a reverse from gsl ro32 must give her so much confidence. Big shout out to Reynor who was so close to advancing. I've also not heard much about Goblin before but he beat TLO then took a map off both her0 and Trap who both advance so clearly one to look out for moving forward. Can't wait for tomorrow! GG Yeah, pretty stacked. I think only Serral and Scarlett have a realistic chance to advance. | ||
Charoisaur
Germany15616 Posts
On February 27 2019 18:46 wraggy1234 wrote: I'm worried for all of the foreigners not going to lie - these groups look disgusting. hoping to see something from Neeb - had a disappointing 2018 by his standards, this would be a great way to re-announce yourself. Scarlett is the obvious one, beating her0 in a reverse from gsl ro32 must give her so much confidence. Big shout out to Reynor who was so close to advancing. I've also not heard much about Goblin before but he beat TLO then took a map off both her0 and Trap who both advance so clearly one to look out for moving forward. Can't wait for tomorrow! GG disappointing 2018... reached ro4 GSL... yeah I guess everyone forgot about this after Serral's wins. | ||
Harris1st
Germany6140 Posts
On February 27 2019 20:23 Charoisaur wrote: disappointing 2018... reached ro4 GSL... yeah I guess everyone forgot about this after Serral's wins. I guess disappointing compared to his 2017 dominace is what he meant. God I'm so hyped for this and can't even watch for the most part, cause I'm busy getting drunk in Cologne. Damn you Real Life! | ||
Sweetfrost
Sweden211 Posts
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Argonauta
Spain4727 Posts
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tilhorizon
Germany191 Posts
On February 27 2019 18:43 herwo wrote: did reynor get kicked out of the elite after yesterday's games? he never was , no blizcon participation, no big tournaments won, no big prize moneys no acomplishments like other foreign zergs who have done all off those mentioned things sure this can change this year but so far he is just a good talent nothing more and certainly there is no real objectiv reason to put him at the same level than serral ore lambo/elazer | ||
DBooN
Germany2701 Posts
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herwo
199 Posts
On February 27 2019 22:12 tilhorizon wrote: he never was , no blizcon participation, no big tournaments won, no big prize moneys no acomplishments like other foreign zergs who have done all off those mentioned things sure this can change this year but so far he is just a good talent nothing more and certainly there is no real objectiv reason to put him at the same level than serral ore lambo/elazer sorry, but lambo only made it to blizzcon cause reynor wasn't allowed to participate in the first 2 wcs | ||
tilhorizon
Germany191 Posts
On February 27 2019 22:40 herwo wrote: sorry, but lambo only made it to blizzcon cause reynor wasn't allowed to participate in the first 2 wcs that "could " be but its just a assumption and you only picked 1 of the 4 mentioned things elazer and lambo have both all of those 4 mentioned things reynor has nothing he has less prizemoney than those 2 less big results and no real tournament winnings ore accomplishemnts the only reason why he is so hyped is because he is so young and he did participate in gsl but objectivly he had no year beeing better more accomplished than lambo ore elazer | ||
Charoisaur
Germany15616 Posts
On February 27 2019 22:51 tilhorizon wrote: that "could " be but its just a assumption and you only picked 1 of the 4 mentioned things elazer and lambo have both all of those 4 mentioned things reynor has nothing he has less prizemoney than those 2 less big results and no real tournament winnings ore accomplishemnts the only reason why he is so hyped is because he is so young and he did participate in gsl but objectivly he had no year beeing better more accomplished than lambo ore elazer he made GSL ro16 and got to the finals of a WCS tournament? I'd definitely put that over Lambo's achievements. | ||
DBooN
Germany2701 Posts
On February 27 2019 22:51 tilhorizon wrote: that "could " be but its just a assumption and you only picked 1 of the 4 mentioned things elazer and lambo have both all of those 4 mentioned things reynor has nothing he has less prizemoney than those 2 less big results and no real tournament winnings ore accomplishemnts the only reason why he is so hyped is because he is so young and he did participate in gsl but objectivly he had no year beeing better more accomplished than lambo ore elazer Just in case you aren't actually trolling: Lambo has no accomplishment on the level of Reynors second place in WCS and the only tournament he won according to liquipedia is ESL Meisterschaft 2015. The overall prize money and blizzcon participation arguments are so ridiculously disingenuous, they bring me back to my initial assumption that you're just trolling. | ||
tilhorizon
Germany191 Posts
your past comments about a gsl victory vs blizzcon and your comments about serral just disqualifiying you of beeing objectiv | ||
tilhorizon
Germany191 Posts
On February 27 2019 22:58 DBooN wrote: Just in case you aren't actually trolling: Lambo has no accomplishment on the level of Reynors second place in WCS and the only tournament he won according to liquipedia is ESL Meisterschaft 2015. The overall prize money and blizzcon participation arguments are so ridiculously disingenuous, they bring me back to my initial assumption that you're just trolling. i am not trolling just stating facts lambo has won esl 2015 reynor has not won any tournament ,,so talking about facts is ridiculous ?, just accept the fact that so far reynor is not as accomplished sure this can change and there is a good chance it will change this year , but ! so far it has not so far he is not on the level of lambo/elazer | ||
herwo
199 Posts
On February 27 2019 23:13 tilhorizon wrote: i am not trolling just stating facts lambo has won esl 2015 reynor has not won any tournament ,,so talking about facts is ridiculous ?, just accept the fact that so far reynor is not as accomplished sure this can change and there is a good chance it will change this year , but ! so far it has not so far he is not on the level of lambo/elazer lol how is winning some german tournament a bigger achievement than making the wcs finals? the former awarded $1,700, the latter awarded $10,000. i don't think lambo himself thinks he's more accomplished than reynor | ||
tilhorizon
Germany191 Posts
and when you bring up the 10000 pricepool , lambo actualy did win more money so far than reynor and if you bring up again the 2 place at wcs both lost to serral in this tournament 1 map away from victory , lambo had to played him 1 round before tho lambo did overal better in this year and has more wcs points sure reynor was blocked at the start of the year but that is not lambos fault that reyour was not allowed to participate sure reynur could be more accomplished and better this year but he has not done it yet at least i am objectiv and when reynor has a better year than lambo/elazer i will accept that and than i am happy for him not before that and you wouldnt either if u are not blinded by fanboy feelings no need to put him on the top eu zerg list yet i am finished to talk with you reynor and gsl fanboys now | ||
herwo
199 Posts
On February 27 2019 23:32 tilhorizon wrote: he actualy won anything in the past reynor not that is the first differents and when you bring up the 10000 pricepool , lambo actualy did win more money so far than reynor and if you bring up again the 2 place at wcs both lost to serral in this tournament 1 map away from victory , lambo had to played him 1 round before tho lambo did overal better in this year and has more wcs points sure reynor was blocked at the start of the year but that is not lambos fault that reyour was not allowed to participate sure reynur could be more accomplished and better this year but he has not done it yet at least i am objectiv and when reynor has a better year than lambo/elazer i will accept that and than i am happy for him not before that and you wouldnt either if u are not blinded by fanboy feelings no need to put him on the top eu zerg list yet i am finished to talk with you reynor and gsl fanboys now gotcha. so stephano is the most elite cause he made the most money and won the most premiere tournaments out of all of them. just being objective here sure, he may not have qualified for WCS winter this year, but did you see his stack of cash? | ||
starkiller123
United States4029 Posts
On February 27 2019 23:32 tilhorizon wrote: he actualy won anything in the past reynor not that is the first differents and when you bring up the 10000 pricepool , lambo actualy did win more money so far than reynor and if you bring up again the 2 place at wcs both lost to serral in this tournament 1 map away from victory , lambo had to played him 1 round before tho lambo did overal better in this year and has more wcs points sure reynor was blocked at the start of the year but that is not lambos fault that reyour was not allowed to participate sure reynur could be more accomplished and better this year but he has not done it yet at least i am objectiv and when reynor has a better year than lambo/elazer i will accept that and than i am happy for him not before that and you wouldnt either if u are not blinded by fanboy feelings no need to put him on the top eu zerg list yet i am finished to talk with you reynor and gsl fanboys now Elazer's results in wcs last year consisted of a two ro8 finishes and two exits in the the 3rd group stage and finished below Reynor in wcs points so putting him above Reynor based of last years results is questionable at best | ||
Harris1st
Germany6140 Posts
On February 27 2019 23:41 herwo wrote: gotcha. so stephano is the most elite cause he made the most money and won the most premiere tournaments out of all of them. just being objective here sure, he may not have qualified for WCS winter this year, but did you see his stack of cash? Stephano basically invented the EU Zerg elite WCS Winter says Elazer, Reynor and Lambo are all up there, pretty equally. Round of 8 will tell us more. All are qualified for WESG, so equal again. IEM, Lambo had a good day, so he advanced while the other 2 came close. | ||
herwo
199 Posts
On February 28 2019 00:07 Harris1st wrote: Stephano basically invented the EU Zerg elite WCS Winter says Elazer, Reynor and Lambo are all up there, pretty equally. Round of 8 will tell us more. All are qualified for WESG, so equal again. IEM, Lambo had a good day, so he advanced while the other 2 came close. also some luck with the bracket. all 3 of them managed to beat only 1 korean, but reynor had to face 3. but i agree they're all on the same tier | ||
Elmonti
Spain299 Posts
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Geo.Rion
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Elinahiriu
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Colouss
United States501 Posts
On February 28 2019 01:16 Geo.Rion wrote: was it random draw or was it preordained which position from 1,2,3,4 go to group A, B, C, D? I think it was a random draw but with some conditions like every group will get 2 players from the winner's bracket and 1 from the losers and no players seeded into the group share an open bracket. | ||
TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7519 Posts
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Vision_
712 Posts
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Rob-Zero
Germany438 Posts
On February 28 2019 02:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: I do fear for Serral Me too. We really have no clue how good he is at the moment, especially with the "new" patch, we haven´t seen him play a lot, and when we saw him, the competition was nowhere near the korean level (Yeah HSC of course, but that was immediately after the patch came out). And this group is hard. And no ZvP either. But then again, i fear for Serral in every tournament since May `18 or so... And no one wins everything, even Serral has to lose at some point. But then again, that´s what i think since May `18 or so... :D | ||
126
11 Posts
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Z3nith
485 Posts
On February 28 2019 04:36 126 wrote: broken game, rip terran Bait post | ||
TentativePanda
United States742 Posts
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StarcraftSquall
United States196 Posts
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ScarPe
Germany392 Posts
you better like watching protoss day 1 | ||
ordeal11
Czech Republic52 Posts
On February 28 2019 02:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: I do fear for Serral I do not | ||
egrimm
Poland1196 Posts
Group A: Zest, Stats, Patience Group B: Maru, Dark, Trap Group C: Innovation, Serral, Rogue Group D: TY, Dear, soO | ||
pvsnp
7676 Posts
Blessed is the mind too small for doubt. | ||
herwo
199 Posts
lol not everyone who doesn't agree with your narrative must be dumb. so far, we haven't seen anything to indicate that those players can take down serral aside from doomsayers fear mongering. until there's anything meaningful to base those doubts on, there's nothing dumb about thinking serral will kill it once again via sheer raw skill superiority | ||
pvsnp
7676 Posts
On February 28 2019 20:39 herwo wrote: lol not everyone who doesn't agree with your narrative must be dumb. so far, we haven't seen anything to indicate that those players can take down serral aside from doomsayers fear mongering. until there's anything meaningful to base those doubts on, there's nothing dumb about thinking serral will kill it once again via sheer raw skill superiority Chill bro, it's just a quote from 40k. No need to overreact. Also: "not everyone who doesn't agree with your narrative must be dumb" --> "doomsayers fear mongering" Lmao | ||
herwo
199 Posts
On February 28 2019 20:47 pvsnp wrote: Chill bro, it's just a quote from 40k. No need to overreact. Also: "not everyone who doesn't agree with your narrative must be dumb" --> "doomsayers fear mongering" Lmao there's no contradiction in these claims... fear mongering occurs when negatively skewed predictions are not based on facts but are presented as facts. nothing about anyone's intelligence | ||
pvsnp
7676 Posts
On February 28 2019 20:56 herwo wrote: there's no contradiction in these claims... fear mongering occurs when negatively skewed predictions are not based on facts but are presented as facts. nothing about anyone's intelligence Yes, of course. Only you present facts, everyone who disagrees just pretends they have facts. | ||
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